July 15 2012

In This Issue

HC&G Innovation in Design Awards 2012

HC&G Innovation in Design Awards 2012

Inside our second annual Innovation in Design Awards

Meet the 2012 HC&G IDA Winners

Meet the 2012 HC&G IDA Winners

The winners from our second annual Innovation in Design Awards.

Much Ado About Madoo

Much Ado About Madoo

The madoo Conservancy in Sagaponack held its second annual garden fair and cocktail party, with HC&G as media sponsor. Themed “The Genius of England,” the event included shopping, garden lectures, cocktails, and silent and live auctions.

Architects You Should Know

Architects You Should Know

Meet some of the most talented and successful architects in the area, experts who understand the importance of a well-designed home. They can help make your dream home a reality.

Deeds and Dont’s

Deeds and Dont’s

What is it about the Hamptons that has made it such a bastion of experimental architecture? Perhaps being America’s playground somehow invites construction that tests the imagination.

Modern Miracle

Modern Miracle

By the time they’d been married for six years, Elizabeth and Jesse Gordon had already owned three houses on the North Fork. The first was a tiny beach house on the water, the second a Craftsman-style home in Greenport, and the third a large contemporary.

Painted Patterns

Painted Patterns

As a young art student studying painting at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Casey Dalene scored an internship at Marc Jacobs, and suddenly it hit her. In the fashion world, she realized, “somebody has to make all these fabrics.”

Landscape Pleasures

Landscape Pleasures

The Parrish Art Museum and media sponsor HC&G held a cocktail party in celebration of the 29th annual Landscape Pleasures symposium and garden tour.

Modern Miracle Image Gallery

Modern Miracle Image Gallery

By the time they’d been married for six years, Elizabeth and Jesse Gordon had already owned three houses on the North Fork. The first was a tiny beach house on the water, the second a Craftsman-style home in Greenport, and the third a large contemporary.

Garden Variety

Garden Variety

Beautify any sanctuary with these treasured garden pieces.

Gideon's Bible

Gideon's Bible

As a young man growing up in Westchester County, Gideon Mendelson didn’t “get” the Hamptons. “All I saw was what the media told us about the affectation and phoniness,” he says.

Landscape Innovator 3: Spaulding Landscape Architects, LLC

Landscape Innovator 3: Spaulding Landscape Architects, LLC

Imaginative design on a small Greenwich property successfully blends additional parking with an in-town garden

Gideon's Bible Image Gallery

Gideon's Bible Image Gallery

As a young man growing up in Westchester County, Gideon Mendelson didn’t “get” the Hamptons. “All I saw was what the media told us about the affectation and phoniness,” he says.

Totally Cool

Totally Cool

Just like lemonade, ice cream, and lazy days at the beach, a great-looking tote is one of summer’s essentials.

Dynamic Duo

Dynamic Duo

Q&A with Elizabeth Lear and Brian Mahoney of Lear & Mahoney Landscape Associates in Southampton.

Green Goddess

Green Goddess

Mark Markheim is the archetype of the gentleman gardener. “I’m totally into creating tropical gardens in nontropical environments,” he says. “I do them for myself and occasionally for friends, but I don’t do them commercially.”

Green Goddess Image Gallery

Green Goddess Image Gallery

Mark Markheim is the archetype of the gentleman gardener. “I’m totally into creating tropical gardens in nontropical environments,” he says. “I do them for myself and occasionally for friends, but I don’t do them commercially.

Style Setters

Style Setters

What's your favorite summer sport?

Cocktail Crawl!

Cocktail Crawl!

On my fifth annual cocktail crawl, I tasted the goods at four spanking-new venues, one relocated favorite, and a year-old best-kept secret.

Cottage Charm Image Gallery

Cottage Charm Image Gallery

Streamlined and sophisticated, Joe Macal's East End cottage is a study in disciplined design.

Cottage Charm

Cottage Charm

Streamlined and sophisticated, Joe Macal's East End cottage is a study in disciplined design.

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